Moons of Our Solar System

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Earth's moons

1 moon

What is the temperature of the sun's corona?

2,000,000k

Jupiter has how many Moons?

4

Farthest, oldest surface

Callisto

An asteroid now regarded as a dwarf planet

Ceres

Moon of Saturn with ice geysers; responsible for originating Saturn's E-Ring

Enceladus

The satellite that may be feeding saturn's outer ring with ice from its water ice geysers is

Enceladus

Largest dwarf planet

Eris

What is a transneptunian object?

Eris

This Jupiter moon has ice rafts covering an ocean of salty water

Europa

Largest moon in the solar system is

Ganymede

Other Dwarf Planets

Haumea, Sedna, & Makemake

What features are most abundant on Callisto and Almost completely absent on Europa on Io?

Impact Craters

What is the youngest surface in the solar system?

Io

Which world has the most active volcanoes

Io

What are Jupiter's 4 moons?

Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto

2nd Largest dwarf planet

Pluto

What is the cause of the colors of the surface of Io?

Sulfar Compounds

Has ethane/methane lakes!

Titan

The moon that has a surprisingly thick and smoggy atmosphere is

Titan

Saturn has 2 moons, what are their names?

Titan, Enceladus

Saturn's largest moon

Titan: larger than Mercury

Neptune's moon

Triton

Titan is observed to have lakes. These lakes are believed to be composed of mostly liquid

ethane


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